Birds and Other Relations: Selected Poetry of Dezsö Tandori - Hardcoverby Dezs Tandori (Author), Bruce Berlind (Translator) Born in Budapest in 1938, Dezs Tandori is a novelist, playwright, translator, and graphic artist, as well as one of Hungary's most celebrated poets. Here is a booklength selection of his work. Brilliantly eccentric, and characterized by an astonishing formal dexterity, these poems address fundamental issues: the effort to establish personal identity in an impersonal world, the conflicting demands